Jewish teens enlisted to fight anti-Semitism in Germany
Source: Associated Press By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER LUCKAU, Germany (AP) — Sophie Steiert opens a bag of kosher gummy bears and offers them to 20 other German teenagers seated around her […]
The loudest opponent of Italy’s new anti-migrant policy? The Catholic Church.
Source: The Washington Post By Chico Harlan and Stefano Pitrelli ROME — In a small church in central Italy, a priest told his congregation one recent Sunday morning that the […]
Fake news a democratic crisis for UK, MPs warn
Source: BBC News The UK faces a “democratic crisis” with voters being targeted with “pernicious views” and data being manipulated, a parliamentary committee is set to warn. The Digital, Culture, […]
Are people from certain countries more likely to be denied German student visas?
Shelley Pascual shelley.pascual@thelocal.com @shelleypascual 4 July 2018 studying in germanyuniversitiesvisasbureaucracy International students from India and Ukraine in Rostock. Photo: DPA In spite of receiving admission offers from universities in Germany, […]
My Nurse Named Mohamed
By Christoph Titz German retirement homes are having trouble finding geriatric nurses. To resolve the problem, they’re looking for help from abroad, recently expanding that search to Africa. Is it […]
NOMINATIONS FOR THE NO2H8 AWARDS
NOMINATIONS FOR THE NO2H8 AWARDS If You Know an Upstander Against Hate, Nominate Them For the Prestigious No2H8 Awards NOMINATIONS FOR THE NO2H8 AWARDS CLOSING ON THE 10th of AUGUST […]
German and something else – minorities say #metwo after Ozil quits Culture
Reuters International This content was published on July 27, 2018 Ali Can, a 24-year-old Twitter activist and founder of the social media slogan #MeTwo on which thousands of Germans from […]
Hail the prince
Jul 29,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Ali Kassay In six weeks, the term of office of His Highness Prince Zeid Bin Ra’ad as UN high commissioner for human rights will […]
Sultan meets Sherlock Holmes: Abdülhamid II’s passion for mystery
AYŞE BETÜL KAYAHAN ISTANBUL Published July 27, 2018 The silhouette of Arthur Conan Doyle’s fictional character Sherlock Holmes. Ottoman Sultan Abdülhamid II was known for many things but he is […]
German politician blames head of football in Özil case
DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES ISTANBUL Published July 27, 2018 Germany’s former midfielder Mesut Özil reacts at the end of the Russia 2018 World Cup Group F football match between South […]
Turkey, U.S. relations can be saved, presidential spokesman says
Reuters International This content was published on July 28, 2018 FILE PHOTO – U.S. President Donald Trump speaks withh Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan ahead of the opening ceremony of the […]
Macron and the Piranhas
Jul 28,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Bernard-Henri Lévy PARIS — The faults of Alexandre Benalla, a former top security aide to French President Emmanuel Macron who was caught on video […]
Cardinal Theodore McCarrick of Washington resigns after altar boy sex abuse allegation
Source: CNN By Valentina DiDonato, Dan Burke and Angela Dewan, CNN Rome, Italy (CNN) Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who once led the Archdiocese of […]
Muslims Urged to Undertake Jihad Of Peace to Win Hearts and Minds
PRWeb July 26, 2018 Global convention of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community to tell Ahmadi Muslims to become ambassadors for peace LONDON (PRWEB UK) 26 July 2018 • More than 35,000 […]
Munich replaces ‘disrespectful’ Holocaust memorials
Source: BBC News The authorities in Munich have begun installing new Holocaust memorials to replace brass cobblestone reminders of the Nazis’ victims. The cobblestones are considered disrespectful by Bavarian Jewish […]
Hungarian PM sees shift to illiberal Christian democracy in 2019 European vote
Reuters International This content was published on July 28, 2018 FILE PHOTO: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban talks to the media after a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in […]
With anti-Muslim laws, Europe enters new dark age
Source: Politico By PINCHAS GOLDSCHMIDT LONDON — What has become of Europe? New laws targeting Muslims are reminiscent of a time when innocent Jewish children were abducted by masked monks […]
Trump seeks to revive ‘Arab NATO’ to confront Iran
Reuters International This content was published on July 27, 2018 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump holds a chart of military hardware sales as he welcomes Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince […]
Anger and misunderstanding fuel Turkey-U.S. standoff
Reuters International This content was published on July 27, 2018 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan gesture as they talk at the start of the […]
Inside Geneva: Can the City of Peace resolve trade wars?
By Imogen Foulkes in Geneva This content was published on July 16, 2018 There’s nervousness in the WTO corridors. (© KEYSTONE / MARTIAL TREZZINI) In the grand corridors […]